Sweet Potato Cottage Pie Recipe

Sweet Potato Cottage Pie – Rich beef mince filling with carrots, celery and onions. This healthy cottage pie recipe makes the perfect family dinner recipe. Also suitable for freezing and easy to make Slimming World friendly or gluten free.

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I love love love it when a dinner can be prepped in advance, makes a spare for the freezer AND squeezes in a pile of extra vegetables. Top it with melted cheese and everyone is winning.

This Sweet Potato Cottage Pie does all that and more. Good, simple, classic family food, mixed up a touch to make it a touch more healthy.

The recipe below makes enough for eight people, so I always use it to make two of the Sweet Potato Cottage Pies. One for that evening and one for later for the freezer. Of course, you could half it or make one huge one!

If you’re following the Slimming World plan you could easily adapt this recipe, just by using a very lean mince and counting the ‘syns’ for the wine and the flour and your ‘Healthy Extra’ cheese.

How do you make a Cottage Pie?

A cottage pie is a minced meat base, in a gravy, topped with some mashed potatoes.

In this case I’ve added some extra vegetables to the meat base for goodness and flavour. Plus the potato topping is sweet potato. I have still used some white potatoes in the mash as it helps to dry out the sweet potato mash a little.

What’s the difference between Cottage Pie and Shepherd’s Pie?

Traditionally Cottage Pie is made with minced beef (as it is here) and Shepherd’s Pie is made with minced lamb (as shepherds look after sheep). You could substitute lamb for beef here if you prefer.

Also, don’t worry if you get the name wrong, it’s easily done. They were both Shepherd’s Pie in our house growing up and my Mum can’t be wrong!

How to make the Sweet Potato Cottage Pie Recipe:

Sweet Potato Cottage Pie

Rich beef mince filling with carrots, celery and onions. This healthy cottage pie recipe makes the perfect family dinner recipe. Also suitable for freezing and easy to make Slimming World friendly or gluten free.

Course
Main Course

Cuisine
Family Food

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time1hour20minutes

Total Time1hour30minutes

Servings8People

Calories616kcal

Ingredients

1kgMinced BeefAbout 10% fat

200gOnionPeeled and chopped, about 2 large onions

300gCarrotsPeeled and chopped

300gCeleryPeeled and chopped

4ClovesGarlicPeeled and crushed

10gFresh thymeLeaves taken off of the stalks

4tbspPlain flour

250mlRed wine

750mlBeef stock

3tbspWorcestershire sauce

3tbspTomato puree

Salt and pepper

2kgSweet potatoesPeeled and chopped into large chunks

500gWhite potatoesPeeled and chopped into large chunks

100gCheddar cheeseGrated

Instructions

Fry the beef mince in batches until brown all over. (You shouldn't need any oil as fat will be released from the mince.) As it cooks, spoon it out into a dish.

In the same pan, in the fat left in the pan, fry off the onions, carrots, celery, garlic and thyme gently for about 10 minutes until starting to soften.

Stir in the flour and mix well so it's disbursed through the vegetables.

Pour in the red wine (if using) and allow to bubble away for 5 minutes.

Add in the beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, tomato puree and plenty of salt and pepper. Put the lid on and cook gently over a low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Preheat the oven to 180C.

Meanwhile, boil the sweet potatoes and white potatoes in a pan of boiling water for about 20 minutes until soft and tender.

Drain and mash well.

When the mince is cooked, transfer to one large or two smaller shallow dishes. Top with the mashed potatoes, sprinkle on the cheese.

Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is bubbling.

Nutrition Facts

Sweet Potato Cottage Pie

Amount Per Serving

Calories 616Calories from Fat 153

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 17g26%

Saturated Fat 7g35%

Cholesterol 94mg31%

Sodium 612mg26%

Potassium 2072mg59%

Total Carbohydrates 72g24%

Dietary Fiber 11g44%

Sugars 15g

Protein 37g74%

Vitamin A842.3%

Vitamin C27%

Calcium25.7%

Iron44.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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